nevermind...I did a search from the AMEX search box for refer a friend and it came upReferral banner is also on SPG.com.

69ragtop

Senior Member - 7K

posted: Aug. 27, 2012 @ 8:38p

Thanks OP. Time for another round.

RhizzleBop

Senior Member - 2K

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 9:02a

This is an interesting card offer guys.I'm concerned about meeting the 5K spend requirement.I'm usually fine on the ones asking for 1000 or 1500 in 3 months time. This one seems like a good bit more.

In regards to the rewards. Is aw where someone said 60K pts was good for 14 nights of a 2 star hotel? or 2 rating?What about flights? Most airlines want 25k pts for a single round trip ticket. Do these go for less making this 30K more valuable than those 50k cards?

imbatman

Nerdy Member

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 9:19a

RhizzleBop said: This is an interesting card offer guys.I'm concerned about meeting the 5K spend requirement.I'm usually fine on the ones asking for 1000 or 1500 in 3 months time. This one seems like a good bit more.

In regards to the rewards. Is aw where someone said 60K pts was good for 14 nights of a 2 star hotel? or 2 rating?What about flights? Most airlines want 25k pts for a single round trip ticket. Do these go for less making this 30K more valuable than those 50k cards?

Your'e thinking Category 2 - which is Starwoods arbitrary categorization of hotels. Speaks nothing of the quality. a cat 2 room is free @ 4,000 SPG points (3,000 on weekend nights). so 60k points would get you a minimum of 15 nights at cat 2. If you only use SPG points at SPG Category 2 on weekends you could get 20 nights out of it.

60k SPG points can be converted to 75k airline miles.

SPG point value varies widely depending on how you'd use it. See my original post for various valuations. 30k points could be worth $321, it could be worth $1500. If you redeem for $321 it's not worth as much as a 50k card. If you redeem for $1500, it is worth more than a 50k card.

Auream

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 9:38a

Anyone know if they consider Authorized User cards in terms of the 12-month rule? I cancelled my personal SPG card more than a year ago, and wife applied and received a bonus offer. I'm an AU on her card currently. If I apply for this offer, I'm wondering if they'll consider the fact that I'm an AU on her SPG card and not allow the bonus. I wouldn't think so, but just wondering if anyone knows for sure.

Auream

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 9:45a

imbatman said: SPG point value varies widely depending on how you'd use it. See my original post for various valuations. 30k points could be worth $321, it could be worth $1500. If you redeem for $321 it's not worth as much as a 50k card. If you redeem for $1500, it is worth more than a 50k card.

To expand on that, I recently stayed at an aloft hotel for 4000 points/night (weekday). Cheapest rate on any online travel site was about $160/night. It's considered a 3-star hotel by most sites. So if you use your points where they get the most value, you can easily get 3-5 cents of value per point.

imbatman

Nerdy Member

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 9:50a

Auream said: imbatman said: SPG point value varies widely depending on how you'd use it. See my original post for various valuations. 30k points could be worth $321, it could be worth $1500. If you redeem for $321 it's not worth as much as a 50k card. If you redeem for $1500, it is worth more than a 50k card.

To expand on that, I recently stayed at an aloft hotel for 4000 points/night (weekday). Cheapest rate on any online travel site was about $160/night. It's considered a 3-star hotel by most sites. So if you use your points where they get the most value, you can easily get 3-5 cents of value per point.

I was reading some blogs, and folks have found some redemptions of updwards of 25 cents per point. None of them are redemptions I would take advantage of, but it's possible to get a lot of value per point.

Auream

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 10:21a

Certainly really high point value redemptions are possible, I'd imagine it would involve transferring to airline points, then using those airline points for some ridiculously priced international first class seat. FlyerTalkers seem to be really into those kind of redemptions. Personally, I don't think anyone paying with their own money would ever pay anywhere near $10,000 for an international first class seat, so saying you got 20 cents per point when you used 50,000 points for such a ticket is a bit disingenuous. But the fact stands that you can get pretty good redemption values out of the SPG program.

imbatman

Nerdy Member

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 10:38a

Auream said: Certainly really high point value redemptions are possible, I'd imagine it would involve transferring to airline points, then using those airline points for some ridiculously priced international first class seat. FlyerTalkers seem to be really into those kind of redemptions. Personally, I don't think anyone paying with their own money would ever pay anywhere near $10,000 for an international first class seat, so saying you got 20 cents per point when you used 50,000 points for such a ticket is a bit disingenuous. But the fact stands that you can get pretty good redemption values out of the SPG program.

I was talking about getting 20 cents per point on SPG property redemptions, not airfare.For example:Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan SoHo Village There are dates where the rate is $3,400ish or 12,000 SPG points = 29 cents per pointgranted, the "normal" rate for the hotel is $300, which would only be 2.5 cpp.

The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing There are dates where the rate is $740ish or 3,000 SPG points = 24 cents per point.The "normal" rate is $167, which would be 5.5 cpp.

Pretty good if you need/want to goto manhattan or beijing during a busy travel time where hotel room availability is limited.

HawkeyeNFO

Senior Member - 2K

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 12:21p

I just applied for both cards.

I am still playing catch-up this year regarding credit card sign-up bonuses - had to get my credit score up in preparation of buying a house. Now that is settled, and I have received lots of cash and miles in the past month, from Southwest, United, Priceline, and now SPG. Last couple of years American Airlines gave me lots of free miles, but their bonus isn't that good right now.

yOyOYoo

Senior Member

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 2:57p

yOyOYoo said: I applied for both the Personal and Business card the same day.

Instantly approved for the Personal card. Business card app shows pending. When I called in to ask why, I was told by 2 separate CSRs that it's because I tried to apply for the same card twice in the same day, the system needs to approve me in 4 days. Guess I have to wait...

Just to update, was approved for the business card 7 days later.

My only other AMEX card is the blue cash card, with a credit limit of $21,500. AMEX gave me an SPG personal limit of $5000 and an SPG business card limit of $3000, wonder why so low.

Now time to spend $10,000 in 6 months.

imbatman

Nerdy Member

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 3:05p

yOyOYoo said: yOyOYoo said: I applied for both the Personal and Business card the same day.

Instantly approved for the Personal card. Business card app shows pending. When I called in to ask why, I was told by 2 separate CSRs that it's because I tried to apply for the same card twice in the same day, the system needs to approve me in 4 days. Guess I have to wait...

Just to update, was approved for the business card 7 days later.

My only other AMEX card is the blue cash card, with a credit limit of $21,500. AMEX gave me an SPG personal limit of $5000 and an SPG business card limit of $3000, wonder why so low.

Now time to spend $10,000 in 6 months.

I have found that AMEX typically limits the available credit given to an individual across all accounts. 3 cards with a total of just under 30k in available credit sounds reasonable without knowing anything else about you. If you apply later on for another card, you might get a letter from AMEX saying "we have moved $XXX of your credit limit from your BC card and assigned it to your new card".

JuNooNi

Addicted Member

posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 6:41p

yOyOYoo said: yOyOYoo said: I applied for both the Personal and Business card the same day.

Instantly approved for the Personal card. Business card app shows pending. When I called in to ask why, I was told by 2 separate CSRs that it's because I tried to apply for the same card twice in the same day, the system needs to approve me in 4 days. Guess I have to wait...

Just to update, was approved for the business card 7 days later.

DO you know if you got hit with one inquiry for both applications or two separate inquiries?

shenji

Happy Member

posted: Aug. 29, 2012 @ 1:21a

delete

gobucs007

Cranky Member

posted: Sep. 4, 2012 @ 11:13p

Why am I such a procrastinator?

I see it ends on the 4th, its after midnight here, always wonder and assume if I could apply before midnight pacific?

ap286

Senior Member

posted: Sep. 5, 2012 @ 8:01p

thx Op, does anyone have screenshots handy, in case promo is not honored.

ucfzf10

Senior Member

posted: Sep. 5, 2012 @ 10:46p

ap286 said: thx Op, does anyone have screenshots handy, in case promo is not honored.I applied for the personal card. Attached is that application page.

I applied for it and was turned down as having too many AMEX cards. I canceled one and got a reconsideration and approval, but it took a while and I was past the deadline when I got the card.

Customer service can find only a 15,000 point promotion on the card, but the mailer can with a prominent statement about 10,000 points on activation (and fine print limiting it to those who had not received a welcome bonus previously.

The above link currently goes to an offer which provides for 10,000 points on first use and then 15,000 after spending $5,000. This is actually a better offer (miles quicker, and more miles if you are not a heavy spender) than the one in effect when I applied. This assumes they don't enforce the small print language about only one welcome bonus per card member (which would exclude both those who previous had the card and those who just got a personal card).

The way they handled the limit issue was rather odd, and unwise. I was told at was at the limit, and she would request a reconsideration if I canceled one card, but she was unable to handle that. I had to be transferred to customer service, cancel the card, and then be transferred back to applications for the reconsideration request to be made, which required a later phone call to find out the decision (which was to give me the Starwood card with the same limit as a business card I had canceled).

I view this as stupid because they could lose a customer if the new card is not approved (although I suspected it would be, since it did not increase their exposure). Also, even when the customer gets a new card (as in my case) there was a period when he lacked a business card, and AMEX could earn no revenue.

Much more sensible would be to have a representative offer to consider the new card if an older one would be surrendered. It should not be too hard to set it up so that the customer is never without an American Express card.

69ragtop

Senior Member - 7K

posted: Sep. 12, 2012 @ 10:27a

I am not a big fan of how the offer you signed up under is never clearly documented in the paperwork they send. Does anyone have paperwork with their card that mentioned the extra 20k Starpoints for the $5k spend?

JuNooNi

Addicted Member

posted: Sep. 14, 2012 @ 8:12a

I have applied and approved for the SPG biz card on 8/21. I just got a reply from CSR that he can't find any offer attached to my account. I will be sending my response with a screenshot. You can always confirm it via secure message.

Similar reply came for my spouse personal SPG app (She applied on 9/4 but approved on 9/6) which might be tricky.

JuNooNi

Addicted Member

posted: Sep. 15, 2012 @ 11:54a

I also need a screenshot of biz application. I can't seem to find mine (still have personal link screenshot). AMEX CSR are simply denying it even though I have applied and approved, way before the 9/4 deadline. On the other hand, DW applied on 9/4 but got approval on 9/6 and still got 30K SPG.

jfharper

Member

posted: Sep. 16, 2012 @ 7:54p

Anyone get both pers and biz first puchase bonus yet?

JuNooNi

Addicted Member

posted: Sep. 25, 2012 @ 2:04p

JuNooNi said: I also need a screenshot of biz application. I can't seem to find mine (still have personal link screenshot). AMEX CSR are simply denying it even though I have applied and approved, way before the 9/4 deadline. On the other hand, DW applied on 9/4 but got approval on 9/6 and still got 30K SPG.

just bumping to see if anyone has screen shot of SPG biz with 30K offer?

69ragtop

Senior Member - 7K

posted: Oct. 9, 2012 @ 5:09p

My 30k points for the biz card have posted. It was 10k/20k for the personal card and 10k/15k/5k for the biz card. This does not include the 5k spend points (points for actually spending $5000). The spend points took longer to post and are clearly identified as spend points.

JuNooNi

Addicted Member

posted: Oct. 10, 2012 @ 9:34a

69ragtop said: My 30k points for the biz card have posted. It was 10k/20k for the personal card and 10k/15k/5k for the biz card. This does not include the 5k spend points (points for actually spending $5000). The spend points took longer to post and are clearly identified as spend points.Any chance you have the Biz app screenshot?

69ragtop

Senior Member - 7K

posted: Oct. 10, 2012 @ 11:45a

JuNooNi said: 69ragtop said: My 30k points for the biz card have posted. It was 10k/20k for the personal card and 10k/15k/5k for the biz card. This does not include the 5k spend points (points for actually spending $5000). The spend points took longer to post and are clearly identified as spend points.Any chance you have the Biz app screenshot?

I do not. I was posting as a data point since I had not seen any biz cardholders claiming success. Are they saying it is 25k for you biz card or something else?

BrlDsguise

Frivolous Member

posted: Oct. 30, 2012 @ 12:08a

Met $5k spending requirement on my current statement for personal card, but no 20k bonus. Has anyone seen the bonus on their statement?

11/7 Edit: The 20K bonus is reflected in my account as of today.

yoyo2

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 3, 2012 @ 9:33a

looking for business SPG screenshot. Please send to yoyo6713@live.com

BrlDsguise

Frivolous Member

posted: Nov. 10, 2012 @ 6:21a

Just booked the Sheraton Maui for three nights @ 12k points per night ($379/night cash rate). Very surprised to see how much these points were worth

umafuaba

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 21, 2012 @ 8:11p

The business link is still active. Does that mean the offer is still valid for business?

imbatman

Nerdy Member

posted: Nov. 21, 2012 @ 8:13p

umafuaba said: The business link is still active. Does that mean the offer is still valid for business?The link is active. But it directs you to the normal 25k offer. Not the 30k offer.

lampy2k4

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Nov. 21, 2012 @ 9:19p

BrlDsguise said: Just booked the Sheraton Maui for three nights @ 12k points per night ($379/night cash rate). Very surprised to see how much these points were worth

SPG points are top notch if you can make worthwhile redemptions like that. FYI, you could have gotten two more nights for 12k more points (because of "buy 4 get one free"), which makes their value even better.

watchtower7

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Nov. 23, 2012 @ 11:44a

Just received my bonus points, @ 1-2 weeks after completing spend. Nice to have sitting idly by waiting for redemption.

dongky

Handsome Member

posted: Nov. 24, 2012 @ 2:11a

So I just cancelled my Platinum, Gold, and SPG card because of the annual fees about to hit, plus I don't have any plans on traveling this year or next year.I've already cashed out the MR points in the form of Home Depot GCs. Is there a way to cash out 40k in SPG points?

Wow, did anyone else get extra bonus points after spend was met? I ended up with 45k bonus points somehow after signing up for personal 30k offer. I bet my wife's card is the same since I applied for both on same day.

I see what happened - somehow they linked my wife's card to my account even though I'm pretty sure I used her old account number at signup. Not sure how that happened but after she meets spend this month I'll have to make sure she gets the 20k bonus too, then we'll end up with 5k extra somehow.

imbatman

Nerdy Member

posted: Jan. 26, 2013 @ 11:45a

the extra 5k came from the spend30k signup bonus after 5k spend = 35k.get an additional 10k to get to 45k.

Mike89

Member

posted: Jan. 28, 2013 @ 7:05p

Hate to jump on the bandwagon begging for business app screenshots but does anyone have one saved?

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